Statins for secondary prevention in elderly patients: a hierarchical bayesian meta-analysis.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on January 01, 2008

Authors

Jonathan Afilalo1, Gustavo Duque, Russell Steele, J Wouter Jukema, Anton J M de Craen, Mark J Eisenberg

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

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